Club Star GazeJuly 14, Saturday, 8:00PM at NMR-DSO
Moon rise: 0140 Moon Set: 1604 Dark sky.
Sign up ahead for telescope help session at 6:30PM, so you can spend your time enjoying the view after dark.

We will look for
Circumpolar constellations, Arc to Arcturus and Speed on to Spica, Mars, Saturn,
Dschubba, Antares, Shaula, Lesath, the Steaming Teapot, center of the Milky Way Galaxy,
The Summer Triangle, Hercules, Ophiuchus, Scutum More galaxies, clusters, and nebulas,
Albireo and other beautiful double stars.

Bring what you can of planisphere, binoculars, telescope, Messier list.
but most of all, bring yourself!
Wear socks & shoes.
Punch and cookies

Monthly Meeting The Public is invited!August 10, Friday,
7:00 PM at RPSEC Moon rise: 0000 Moon Set: 1353 Dark Sky. Hosts: John White & Kenneth Beard
Program: Astronomy Movie Night: IMAX@ Hubble
"In May 2009, the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew launched a mission to make vital repairs and upgrades to the Hubble Space Telescope,
the world's first space-based optical telescope.
An IMAX@ camera captured stunning footage of the five intricate spacewalks required, (inspire your children with these spacewalks!)
as well as close-up images of the effort to grasp the orbiting telescope with the shuttle's mechanical arm -
- and an unexpected problem that could sabotage the entire mission.
This breathtaking material is combined with images taken during the 20 years Hubble has been aloft.
Through advanced computer visualization, its detailed data becomes a series of scientifically realistic flights unfolding on screen
like a guided tour of the universe, through time and space."

Make your plans for a great time to get to know each other, share astronomy experiences,
Observe dim fuzzies, group count the Perseids until Waffle Breakfast at 6:30AM.
Study Cygnus and M29 near Sadr (See Sky&Telescope pp.58,63, Stellarium) Observe Vesta before dawn near Jupiter

Program: Aerospace Photography and Astrophotography Photography of NASA sites, spacecraft, up-close live rocket launches, a recent astronomical video,
and some practical tips by Speaker: Hap Griffin is an experienced, professional astrophotographer. He is a long time member of the Midlands Astronomy Club, Columbia, SC,
and spoke to our club at NMR six years ago.
He is back!
with more beauties, and more tips to help you make pretty pictures.
Come and see, come and get good ideas!

Monthly Meeting The Public is invited!November 16, Friday, 7:00 PM at ASU Moonrise 0951 Set 2024 Lunar & Dark, (Jupiter GRS 21:08+/-2.5hrs on 2012.11.17) Program: Curiosity Mission to Mars David will give us an overview of the mission, and discuss Curiosity's interesting entry descent and landing.
We will learn about the onboard instrumentation: ChemCam, ChemMin, DAN, RAD and SAM,
and get the preliminary results of their investigations.
David will discuss the science behind the mission which leads us to study Mars as a host of life, past or present.
Don't miss hearing the latest on man's mission to Mars!
Speaker: David Yenerall Instructor of Astronomy and Physics at Georgia Perimeter College, Master of Astronomy degree at University of Western Sydney.
As a NASA Endeavor Fellow, David conducts yearly education and public outreach activities for Gemini Observatory Sur
in the Coqimbo region of Chile, and also plans to do so in Hilo, Hawaii in the coming year.
As a member of JPL museum group, he is especially qualified to provide us with information about the MSL (Curiosity) mission.

6:30 PM: Dark Sky ObservingWith winter dark coming earlier in the evening,
it is a great season to observe, young to older.
Take a nap and get ready for great observing.
Bring: 1. YOURSELF, family, and friends.
We always have plenty of telescopes to share,
and plenty of people to help you find things in the heavens above!
2. what you have of: binoculars, telescope, planisphere, AL Messier list.
Wear warm layered clothing, hat, shoes & socks. It is always colder than expected after dark.
Observe: Check out Formalhaut (Piscis Austrinus), Alnair (Grus), and Ankaa (Phoenix).
Then look for Uranus and Neptune. How do you see the colors?
Last chance to see Herschel's Garnet star in the NW.
Andromeda Galaxy will still be high in the sky.
Menkar and Diphda in Cetus point to the Pleiades.
Watch the Winter Hexagon appear,
Orion's belt / the Three Kings rise in the East.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is visible tonight. See Vesta and Ceres nearby.
See More stars, constellations, galaxies, clusters, nebulae, planets, and asteroids.

Annual Holiday Club Dinner December 15, Saturday, 6:00 PM at Bobby's BBQReserve a place for you and your family now.
Moonrise 0921 Set 2018 Lunar & Dark

Gift Exchange: $5-15. On arrival, your astronomy, science, or other gift will be displayed on the gift table,
and you can choose a number from the pot.
After our meal, you can choose any gift when it is your turn/number. Then offers to swap can be made.
All gifts will then be opened. This makes for a lot of speculation, intrigue, negotiating, and fun!
It's not the gift that counts but the happiness we bring to each other.
All, especially children, are encouraged to make something, satellite models (many available free online), paper weights, mugs, night lights, or other.

Club Lunar GazeDecember 21, Friday
, 5:00PM, at NMR-DSO Moonrise 1258 Set 0124 Quarter Moon 5:00PM:
Mark Moffatt: Movie: THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM,
produced by Stephen McEveety (The Passion of the Christ).
It is the story of attorney Rick Larsons' search to find the true nature of the Star of Bethlehem.
6:00PM: Refreshments
6:30PM:
Lunar Observing
Bring Yourself! and what you have of telescope, binoculars, AL lunar list.
We will help beginners, intermediates. Advanced: Please come and help.

Come and see Constellations, The Winter Hexagon & other Asterisms, Andromeda & other Galaxies.
Find open & globular Clusters in Gemini, Bejeweled Doubles.
Observe Jupiter, its moons and understand how they move, Great Red Spot (GRS) at 6:40PM,

Wear
warm, layered clothing, hat, shoes & socks.

Bring
what you have of: binoculars, telescope, planisphere, AL Messier list.
Most importantly bring yourself, family, and friends.
We always have plenty of telescopes to share,
and plenty of people to help you find things in the heavens above!

Break:
Snacks & hot chocolate!

Monthly Meeting The Public is invited!January 18, Friday, 7:00 PM at ASU/GRU Moonrise 1132 Set 0011, Lunar Program: Astronomy Jeopardy Host: Tedda Howardwill give you the answers! But YOU must ask the questions!
Stan Howard: Jeopardy computer board
Come for a fun evening of astronomical enlightenment while you and your TEAM figure out the solutions.
Categories: Beginner, Easy, Intermediate, Challenge.
Planned so youth can also compete!
Win Prizes!!!

Come and see Constellations, The Winter Hexagon & other Asterisms, Andromeda & other Galaxies.
Find open & globular Clusters in Gemini, Bejeweled Doubles.
Observe Jupiter, its moons and understand how they move, Great Red Spot (GRS) at midpoint at 19:36PM,
Sparkle with Canopus! The best time to see this "southern" star!
Join John for a group Star Count and develop Globe at Night useful international research data!

Wear
warm, layered clothing, hat, shoes & socks.

Bring
what you have of: binoculars, telescope, planisphere, AL Messier list.
Most importantly bring yourself, family, and friends.
We always have plenty of telescopes to share,
and plenty of people to help you find things in the heavens above!

Monthly Meeting The Public is invited!February 15, Friday, 7:00 PM at ASU Moonrise 1006 Set 2351 Lunar, Jupiter GRS 21:12 on 2013.02.16 Program: Precision Differential Photometry from a Non-Precision Site(Expanding Undergraduate & Amateur Research Potential) More than a decade ago the first exo-planet transit light curve was observed with modest instruments.
This inspired the idea that it might be possible to develop observational and data reduction techniques
using our venerable, but ancient 16” Boller & Chivens telescope
to achieve the milli-magnitude precision differential photometry necessary for such a project.
Such capability with a small instrument in the very “non-photometric” environment of our region
greatly expands the potential observational projects available for faculty, undergraduate & amateur participation.
A brief description of the techniques developed to achieve this capability at North Georgia will be presented,
along with a short discussion of the types of projects which best facilitate undergraduate & amateur participation.
Speaker: Dr. Joseph H. Jones
is a PhD graduate of Clemson University, 1985. Joe did research at Lowell Observatory in 1986,
and with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope from 1986-1990. He taught at Valparaiso University, IN in 1990-1991.
Dr. Jones has been at North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA (UNG now)for over 20 years,
and is currently Associate Professor of Physics teaching Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Telescope Repair March 09, Saturday,
5:00PM at NMR-DSO
If you have a telescope, but aren't sure it is working,
We will help you get it working and collimated,
so you can spend your time enjoying the view after dark.
Everyone can come, learn, and volunteer to help.Club Star Gaze: Messier MarathonMarch 9, Saturday, 6:30PM at NMR-DSO
Moonrise 0440 Set 1516 - dark sky, Jupiter GRS 23:37
Celebrate 2 Events on 1 Dark Night: 1.Messier Marathon1,2,
and 2.Globe at Night MM Leader: Mike Bush, GaN Leader: John White
Bring binoculars, telescopes, planisphere, lounge chair, Messier list.
Wear warm, layered clothing. Some like sleeping bags, gumby outfits.
Chili, Green cake, Coffee, Hot Chocolate

Monthly Meeting
The Public is invited!March 22, Friday,
7:00 PM at RPSEC Moonrise 12:47 Set 02:29 Lunar Program: Reaching for the Stars: Interstellar Space Travel We will examine why our civilization needs to colonize other worlds and the technologies required to achieve it.
We will review current interplanetary probes and future starship designs.
We will discuss the implications of relativistic phenomena on the exploration of space.
and, we will look at the colonization of the Milky Way and the likelihood that it has already occurred.
* We have free active participation seats on this ship for all voyagers! *